India
Here are the top reads from this morning.
Updated : Apr 24, 2017, 09:51 AM IST
EC bribery row: Dinakaran's fate to be decided today; sources say there's enough evidence to prove his involvement
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) ousted leader TTV Dinakaran's fate will be decided on Monday, with the sources in crime branch saying, there is enough evidence to prove his involvement in an alleged attempt to bribe an Election Commission official for retaining the 'two leaves' party symbol and the related money trail. Read more here.
PM Modi urges states to work as 'Team India'; 15-year vision document, 7-year strategy in progress
The government’s three-year action agenda, a replacement of the Nehruvian-era five-year plan — pegged as the next replacement to the decades-old five-year plans — may take time to come into effect. On Sunday, the draft of the agenda was circulated to all states at the third meeting of NITI Aayog’s governing council meeting at the Rashtrapati Bhavan for their inputs. Read more here.
Tamil Nadu: Security guard at Jayalalithaa’s Kodanad Estate murdered
Amid demand for probe in late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s death, the security guard of her Kodanad Estate was found murdered in the early hours of Monday. Om Bahadur (51), was hacked to death while another person, Krishna Bahadur, sustained serious injuries. Read more here.
Vijender Singh-Amir Khan bout may become reality with new boxing league
Vijender Singh vs Amir Khan: that's one fight every boxing fan in India has been waiting ever since the former turned professional. The chances of that big-ticket battle have got a big boost in the arm with India all set to get a boxing league of its own. Read more here.
Filmmaker and DNA columnist Shirish Kunder is now BOOKED!
DNA After Hrs has proved to be lucky for most of our columnists. While Twinkle Khanna has written two books, Raveena Tandon Thadani has been approached by a couple of publishing houses and now we hear that Shirish Kunder has been approached too, to write a book! Read more here.